Rupa revived her passion after marriage to fulfil her dream of becoming a dance teacher. She has been running a dance academy in Kolkata for the last thirteen years.

Rupa Bhattacharjee is a dance guru at Nrityangan Dance Academy, Kolkata.

Recalling her childhood, Rupa says that in her family her father and uncle both used to play musical instruments and her grandfather was a singer.  Motivated by such an environment, she started learning dance at the age of three. She completed a diploma course in Kathak from Prayagraj Board and also did a Rabindra Nritya course from a Chandigarh board. She did BA-honours in Philosophy and passed a  Bharatanatyam exam as well.

Talking about her journey, Rupa says that he wanted to become a dance teacher since childhood. At the age of three and a half years she gave her first stage performance. She learned Kathak under the guidance of her guru Dipti Dey and Bharatanatyam from Sanjit Das. After completing her graduation and dance diplomas she got married. After marriage she stopped dancing for a long time and forgot that she was a classical dancer. Some time afterwards, her husband supported and encouraged her to start her dance practice again. Thus, after four years of her marriage, she started her own dance school and is still continuing with it. Her parents, husband and son have all supported her a lot throughout her journey.

Accepting her mistakes, Rupa says that she trusted people blindly, which was a mistake. She learned not to share things with other people except your parents.

Rupa’s role model is her teacher Sanjit Dey as she learned a lot from him from eleventh grade and is still learning. She also admires Kohinoor Sen Barat and wants to meet him once and to perform with him.

Rupa’s life mantra is to allow yourself to be more open and to do whatever you want.

Advising aspirants to her field, Rupa says that it is important to understand the value of time. One should be determined and dedicated to learn any art form. According to her it is essential to focus on a single dance form to master it.